1 Kings 1:53
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So King Solomon summoned Adonijah down from the altar, and he came and bowed down before King Solomon, who said to him, “Go to your home.””
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“So King Solomon summoned Adonijah down from the altar, and he came and bowed down before King Solomon, who said to him, “Go to your home.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house.”
King James Version · Public Domain“So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and did obeisance to king Solomon; and Solomon said unto him, Go to thy house.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And king Solomon sendeth, and they bring him down from off the altar, and he cometh in and boweth himself to king Solomon, and Solomon saith to him, `Go to thy house.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Kings 1:53 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 1:2On the third day a man with torn clothes and dust on his head arrived from Saul’s camp. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him homage.
- 2 Samuel 14:24But the king added, “He may return to his house, but he must not see my face.” So Absalom returned to his own house, but he did not see the king.
- 2 Samuel 14:28Now Absalom lived in Jerusalem two years without seeing the face of the king.
- 2 Samuel 14:33So Joab went and told the king, and David summoned Absalom, who came to him and bowed facedown before him. Then the king kissed Absalom.
- 1 Kings 1:16And Bathsheba bowed down in homage to the king, who asked, “What is your desire?”
- 1 Kings 1:31Bathsheba bowed facedown in homage to the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”
- 1 Kings 2:36Then the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Build a house for yourself in Jerusalem and live there, but do not go anywhere else.
- Proverbs 24:21My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.
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